Well I've been continually working on the pipes from the mother load I received from my father-in-law. Here we have a Charatan Dublin. I dated it from around 1955 and that makes it the oldest pipe in this lot. Also we have a Dunhill Rhodesian with a fat stem. This pipe was pretty beat and had a lot of nasty cake inside but after a nice reaming some deoxidation and a quick polish It is ready to smoke. I hope to fire both of these up tomorrow.
Here are the links to the other restorations from the Motherload.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/i-hit-the-pipe-mother-load-huge-pic-hoard
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/mother-load-ben-wade-hand-model-600-restoration-pic-heavy
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/mother-load-dunhill-bent-bulldog-restoration-pics
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/motherload-dunhill-cherrywood-poker-restoration-pics
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/motherload-savinelli-and-dunhill-gold-restoration
Here are some pics of the before and after.
Before
The Dunhill After
The Charatan After
And a shot of my ugly mug clenching this beauty
Here are the links to the other restorations from the Motherload.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/i-hit-the-pipe-mother-load-huge-pic-hoard
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/mother-load-ben-wade-hand-model-600-restoration-pic-heavy
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/mother-load-dunhill-bent-bulldog-restoration-pics
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/motherload-dunhill-cherrywood-poker-restoration-pics
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/motherload-savinelli-and-dunhill-gold-restoration
Here are some pics of the before and after.
Before
The Dunhill After
The Charatan After
And a shot of my ugly mug clenching this beauty